Woodlands Historic Park True Bugs

Adult Clown Bug (Amorbus robustus) at Woodlands Historic Park
Clown Bug (Adult), mid March. Length about 20mm. (photo Andrew Allen)

Nymphs

Clown Bugs go through five nymph stages (instars), shedding their skin after each stage. There are various colour forms of the nymphs and the stage should be judged by the size of the wing buds. Only the adults have fully developed wings.

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First Instar

Second Instar

Third Instar

Fourth Instar

Fifth Instar

Brisbane Insects has some interesting observations on the clown bug.

Classification

from Australian Faunal Directory

Order Hemiptera - bugs, hoppers and scale insects
Suborder Heteroptera - true bugs, 2806 named species in Australia
Family COREIDAE - Crusader Bugs or Squash bugs, 92 species in Australia
Genus Amorbus
Species Amorbus robustus